Report: Oregon, Oregon State finalizing return of Civil War rivalry for 2024, beyond

Oregon and Oregon State will continue the “Civil War” rivalry game in 2024 and beyond, according to Pac-12 insider John Canzano.

“Civil War football game is on for 2024 and beyond. Oregon State and Oregon finalizing deal,” Canzano wrote on Twitter. “Ducks vs. Beavers on Sept. 14 at Reser Stadium. (PS: Texas Tech will play at WSU in 2024).”

There were doubts the game would continue next fall with Oregon’s move to the Big Ten and Oregon State staying behind. However, the rivalry shall continue.

It turns out, this was reportedly a complicated scenario. But all of the involved schools made it work, according to Canzano and the Civil War is on.

“It took work,” Canzano wrote. “Multiple schools were involved, I’m told. Texas Tech helped, for example. The Red Raiders were originally scheduled to play at Oregon on Sept. 7 next season. They’ll instead play at Washington State on that same date.

“Boise State also helped. It was UO’s originally scheduled opponent for Sept. 14. The Broncos State will instead visit Eugene one week earlier. Boise State was originally contracted to play vs. Oregon State on Sept. 7 but will instead travel to Autzen Stadium.”

According to the report, there’s still some bad blood about the breakup of the Pac-12. But, those feelings go away when it comes to money.

“There are some lingering bad feelings about the breakup of the Pac-12 Conference,” Canzano wrote. “Some Washington State and Oregon State fans may not want to see those rivalry games continue. But it’s apparent that the administrators at both ‘Pac-2’ schools see the economic value in continuing to play each other.”

Oregon State AD Scott Barnes told Canzano last week that the Beavers were working on a solid schedule for 2024. He didn’t directly mention the Civil War, but it seemed like that was priority.

“We’ll have six ‘group of five’ games, we’ll have five ‘power 5’ schools, and an FCS that we’ve always had. Some of those are already booked, additional ones will be announced very very soon, and some of the ink won’t be dry on a couple of those,” Barnes said. “It may linger a little further. Until you have the ink dry on the contract you can’t really say.”

Lo and behold, here’s the Civil War for 2024 and for seasons in the future. It’s a welcome sight to college football.

Oregon leads Oregon State in the all-time series 68-49-10 dating back to November 3, 1894.